GLEANINGS  FROM 

JAPAN  REPORTS 

1913-1914 


Missionary  Force  in  Japan 

Tokyo;  the  capital  of  Japan,  on  the  island  of  Hondo,  at  head  of  Bay  of  Yedo; 
Station  occupied  1869.  Missionaries — Rev.  David  Thompson,  D.D.,  and  Mrs.  Thomp- 
son, Rev.  William  Imbrie,  D.D.,  and  Mrs^  Imbrie,  Mrs.  J.  M.  McCauley,  Rev.  H.  M. 
Landis  and  Airs.  Landis,  Air.  J.  C.  Ballagh  and  Airs.  Ballagh,  Rev.  A.  K.  Reischauer 
and  Airs.  Reischauer,  Aliss  Annie  B.  West,  Aliss  Elizabeth  T.  Alilliken,  Miss  Lida  S. 
Halsey,  Aliss  Alatilda  H.  London,  Aliss  1.  AI.  Ward  and  Aliss  Mary  D'.  McDonald. 

Hokk.vido:  Sapporo — Sapporo  is  the  capital  of  the  Hokkaido  (Yezzo),  SSO  miles 
north  of  Tokyo;  Station  occupied  1887.  Alissionaries — AIis^  S.  C.  Smith,  Miss  Alice  M. 
Alonk,  Rev.  Weston  T.  Johnson  and  Airs.  Johnson,  and  Aliss  Carrie  H.  McCrory. 
Otaru;  18  miles  northwest  of  Sapporo — Aliss  C.  H.  Rose.  Asahigawa:  about  100 
miles  northeast  of  Sapporo — Rev.  George  P.  Pierson  and  Mrs.  Pierson. 

Kanazawa  : on  the  west  coast  of  the  main  island,  about  300  miles  by  rail  north- 
west of  Tokyo;  Station  occupied  1879.  Missionaries — Rev.  J.  G.  Dunlop  and  Airs. 
Dunlop,  Aliss  K.  Anna  Gibbons,  Aliss  Janet  M.  Johnstone  and  Miss  L.  B.  Mon- 
day, Aliss  Ida  R.  Luther  and  Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Evans. 

Osaka:  a seaport  on  the  main  island,  about  350  miles  west  of  Tokyo;  Station 
occupied  1881.  Alissionaries — Rev.  A.  D.  Hail,  D.D.,  and  Airs.  Hail,  Rev.  G.  W. 
Van  Horn  and  Airs.  Van  Horn,  Rev.  G.  W.  Fulton,  D.D.,  and  Mrs.  Fulton,  Miss 
Agnes  E.  Alorgan,  Aliss  Alary  H.  Ransom,  Aliss  Sallie  Alexander,  Miss  Evelyn 
Alaguet,  Aliss  Ethel  N.  Todd. 


HiROSHiiiA  : on  the  main  island,  on  northern  coast  of  the  Inland  Sea,  about  550 
miles  southwest  of  Tokyo;  Station  occupied  1887.  Missionaries — Rev.  W.  F.  Here- 
ford and  Airs.  Hereford  and  Aliss  B.  L.  Harris.,  Kure  : (sub-station).  Missionaries — 
Rev.  and  Airs.  Harvey  Brokaw.  Onomichi:  (sub-station).  Missionary — Miss  A.  G. 
Garvin. 


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EVANGELISTIC  NOTES 


STATISTICS  : — 

Organized  Churches  95 

Self-supporting  Churclies  33 

Membership  10,703 

Adherents  4,426 

Catechumens  851 

Sabbath-schools  174 

Sabbath-school  Membership  8,150 

Students  for  the  Ministry 72 


Note. — The  Missions  of  the  Board  in 
Japan  carry  on  all  their  work  in  coopera- 
tion with  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Japan  and 
in  the  interest  of  that  Church.  Instead  of 
any  separate  Mission  statistics  accordingly, 
one-half  of  the  statistics  of  this  Church  are 
presented. 

TOKYO 

Outside  of  her  school  work  during  the  year  Mrs.  McCauley*  has  distributed 
100  Bibles  and  portions  of  Scriptures,  9,000  tracts  and  Scripture  cards,  and  has 
visited  179  homes  and  gone  29  times  to  the  hospitals  and  poorhouse.  She 
has  had  a weekly  normal  class  for  Sunday-school  workers,  a weekly  Christian 
Endeavor  meeting  and  two  visits  weekly  for  hymn  singing.  During  the  year  she 
has  held  two  Christian  Endeavor  and  Sunday-school  rallies  and  two  school 
picnics  at  her  home. 

She  and  her  helpers  have  made  and  placed  in  hospitals  six  large  scrap 
books  with  Bible  texts  on  each  page,  have  pasted  Scripture  texts  on  the  back  of 
3,000  cards.  Her  Biljle  woman  goes  twice  a month  to  the  government  lepers’ 
hospital  where  she  conducts  a Sunday-school  for  the  children  of  the  officers  and 
helpers  in  that  institution.  About  25  children  are  in  the  Sunday-school.  Mrs. 
McCauley  goes  there  occasionally  and  reviews  the  lessons  and  teaches  the 
children  new  hymns.  Kakimono  pictures  made  from  S.  S.  roll  pictures  have  been 
placed  in  twelve  of  the  lepers’  cottages  and  permission  has  been  received  to 
place  one  in  each  of  the  other  rooms. 

Three  years  ago.  Miss  Milliken  of  Tokyo,  organized  in  the  Joshi  Gakuin  a 
little  club  called  the  Scisen  Kzvai.  This  meets  once  a month.  There  are  usually 
two  talks  and  some  music.  Afterwards  light  refreshments  are  served  and  the 
members  linger  for  a social  half  hour.  The  subjects  discussed  are  educational, 
social  or  religious.  The  attendance  varies  from  thirty  to  forty. 

* Mrs.  McCauley  has  been  a missionary  in  Japan  37  years. 


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Two  years  ago  a step  farther  was  taken  and  from  among  the  members  of 
the  Seisen  Kwai  were  selected  a few  who  wished  to  make  a definite  and  serious 
study  of  Christianity.  The  new  society  was  called  the  Tanshin  Kwai  (Search  for 
Truth  Class).  In  the  autumn  and  again  in  the  spring  there  has  been  a series 
of  ten  meetings,  held  once  a week.  A course  of  sermons  covering  the  funda- 
mentals of  Christianity  is  made  out.  Mr.  Uemure,  Mr.  Tajima,  Dr.  Ibuka,  Mr. 
Fukuda,  Mr.  Kawazoe  and  Mr.  Yokota  have  taken  the  kindest  interest  in  these 
meetings  and  have  delivered  sermons  so  excellent  that  one  could  have  wished 
for  larger  audiences  to  hear  them.  But  part  of  the  charm  of  the  circle  is  in 
having  it  small  and  informal.  In  December,  1911,  six  of  the  members  of  the 
circle  were  baptized,  and  in  1912  there  were  an  equal  number  of  baptisms. 

HOKKAIDO 

One  very  gratifying  experience  of  the  year  was  the  baptizing  of  a whole 
family  of  six  and  a sister-in-law  of  the  family  at  Seien.  The  head  of  the  family 
had  long  been  a student  of  Buddhism  but  had  recently  turned  toward  Ninomiya 
Sontoku  for  spiritual  help.  His  wife  became  ill  and  he  called  in  the  village  doc- 
tor whom  I had  baptized  about  six  months  before.  The  doctor  began  to  talk 
about  the  virtue  of  Christianity  and  soon  had  the  man  in  a receptive  frame 
of  mind.  When  I arrived  the  wife  was  still  confined  to  her  bed  but  was  anxious 
to  receive  baptism.  I assembled  the  family  by  her  bedside  and  after  examining 
them,  baptized  the  seven,  including  the  sister-in-law.  The  wife  has  since  re- 
covered and  the  last  time  that  I was  there  they  were  still  serving  the  Lord. — 
W.  T.  Johnson. 

KANAZAWA 

The  people  of  Japan  are  certainly  becoming  more  get-at-able,  even  on  the 
West  Coast.  As  an  illustration,  just  before  coming  to  Annual  Meeting  I re- 
ceived a request  from  the  postmaster  at  Toyama  to  give  an  address  in  the  main 
city  post  office.  And  also,  within  the  last  week,  I have  been  asked  by  the 
Railway  Mission  to  have  one  of  our  Presbyterian  workers  (Japanese)  assigned 
to  railway  work  among  the  employees  at  the  50  or  more  stations  in  the  232-mile 
section  between  Maibara  and  Naoetsu.  For  a number  of  years  we  have  known 
Mr,  Tsuda,  the  Japanese  head  of  the  Railway  Mission  work  throughout  Japan, 
and  have  helped  him  in  his  work  as  he  has  helped  us  in  ours  whenever  he  has 
come  into  our  section  of  the  country.  And  now,  when  the  governmental  authori- 
ties of  the  railway  bureau  are  desirous  of  an  extension  of  the  kind  of  work  which 
Mr.  Tsuda  and  others  have  been  doing,  our  Mission  is  asked  to  take  charge  of 
this  big  section  of  the  work.  It  is  one  of  the  best  opportunities  that  have 
ever  come  to  us  on  the  West  Coast  and  we  -have  already  arranged  to  have  Mr. 
Nakamura,  the  evangelist  at  Toyama,  give  about  10  days  each  month  to 
visiting  all  the  stations  along  this  232  miles  of  railway.  As  the  work  is  under 
government  patronage,  he  will  be  welcomed  and  assisted  by  the  station  masters, 
and  as  soon  as  the  authorities  are  assured  that  he  is  the  right  man  for  the 


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work,  he  is  to  be  given  a free  pass  so  tliat  the  traveling  can  be  done  without  any 
cost  for  transportation  at  least. — /.  G.  Dunlop. 

Through  this  kindergarten  (Takaoka)  we  have  been  able  to  come  into  touch 
with  one  of  our  girls  who  was  baptized  six  years  ago,  after  having  been  in  our 
school  only  one  year.  She  was  taken  out  of  our  school  because  she  became  a 
Christian,  and  has  had  to  suffer  persecution  in  various  ways,  and  has  never 
been  allowed  to  have  anything  to  do  with  Christians  or  even  to  have  a Bible 
or  hymn  book.  But  she  has  bravely  held  on  to  her  faith.  When  she  heard  the 
kindergarten  had  been  opened,  she  came  to  see  the  teachers  who  were  graduates 
from  our  school.  Secretly  she  comes  to  the  services  at  the  preaching  place,  and 
recently  was  able  to  be  present  at  a communion  service.  She  was  only 
fourteen  years  old  when  she  was  baptized  and  yet  she  has  been  true  to  her  faith 
all  these  years.  Surely  this  is  an  encouragement  to  us.  Truly  no  one  is  able  to 
pluck  them  out  of  the  Father’s  hand.  This  girl-wife  has  still  a difficult  path  l)e- 
fore  her.  Her  people  married  her  into  a strict  Buddhist  family  where  her 
husband  is  one  of  a large  family,  and  she  has  to  live  with  them  all.  It  may  be 
that  this  whole  family  will  yet  come  to  know  our  Lord  through  the  consistent 
life  of  the  one  who  has  entered  it. — Janet  M.  Johnstone. 

OSAKA 

A genuine  Christ-like  work  is  carried  on  by  Mr.  Fukuda,  a graduate  of  the 
Doshikwan,  in  the  Sotojime  leper  hospital.  This  is  a government  institution 
whose  unfortunate  inmates  are  drawn  from  the  ten  supporting  provinces. 

Here  we  have  “the  three  religions”  all  at  work.  There  is  a chapel  fitted  up  by 
the  government,  large  enough  to  hold  about  200.  It  has  a Shinto  outfit  in  two 
corners,  one  of  which  is  a tenrikyo  arrangement,  the  other  the  genuine  article. 
The  Buddhists  have  a kwanon  picture,  and  an  arrangement  for  their  worship- 
pers. The  Shintoists  come  when  anybody  dies,  and  the  Buddhists  once  or  twice 
a month.  With  the  introduction  of  an  organ  and  a pulpit  stand  the  outfit  of  the 
three  was  completed. 

Since  the  beginning  of  the  work,  a Sunday-school  has  been  organized, 
and  its  members  and  all  the  inmates  had  their  Christmas  and  New  Year 
brightened  by  gifts  from  the  Wilmina  Girls’  School  pupils  and  others.  A Young 
Men’s  Christian  Association  has  been  organized  and  also  a church  called  the 
“Family  Church.” 

The  leading  Christian  teaches  a day-school  for  the  boys  and  girls  and  another 
is  the  organist,  having  been  instructed  by  the  evangelist.  The  latter  is  also 
qualifying  himself  to  do  Christian  work  among  his  fellow-sufferers. 

HIROSHIMA 

For  the  last  six  months  the  five  Protestant  denominations  working  in  Hiro- 
shima have  been  conducting  a Union  Evangelistic  Hall  on  the  corner  of  the 
best  crossing  in  the  city.  We  have  a good  building  that  can  be  thrown  open  on 


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two  sides,  so  that  we  can  preach  to  people  on  the  streets  as  well  as  to  those  in 
tlie  house.  Of  the  160,000  people  in  the  city,  there  cannot  be  many  of  the 
adults  who  do  not  know  of  this  work.  We  find  also  that  a class  of  people 
listen  to  the  Gospel  from  the  outside  of  the  building  who  never  go  to  church  at 
all.  Just  to  listen  from  the  outside  does  not  subject  them  to  persecution.  Teach- 
ers, commercial  men  and  even  Buddhist  priests  listen  from  the  outside.  We 
have  given  out  many  thousands  of  tracts  and  portions  of  the  Scriptures.  We 
have  always  had  a respectful  hearing.  Only  once  or  twice  in  six  months  have 
we  been  disturljed  by  drinking  people  or  rioters.  The  fact  that  the  police  station 
is  only  a few  doors  away  may  account  for  this  fact. 

Last  November  there  was  a meeting  here  of  the  evangelistic  workers,  native 
and  missionary,  of  the  five  prefectures  bordering  on  the  Inland  Sea.  There  were 
about  100  workers  present,  and  we  had  such  noted  men  from  a distance  as  Dr. 
Ibuka  and  Bishop  Hiraiwa.  Each  denomination  brought  one  speaker  from  a 
distance.  Dr.  Ibuka  and  Bishop  Hiraiwa  came  here  immediately  after  the  con- 
ference with  the  Minister  of  Education.  Dr.  Ibuka  told  us  that  the  newspapers 
had  said  that  the  introductory  remarks  and  welcome  to  the  three  gatherings, 
Buddhists,  Shinto,  and  Christians  were  the  same,  but  that  it  was  not  true,  for  the 
Minister  of  Education  liad  reproved  the  other  religionists,  telling  tlieni  that  there 
was  division  and  immorality  in  the  ranks  of  their  priests.  Positively  no  such 
thing  was  said  to  the  Christian  ministers. 

During  these  meetings  we  secured  the  City  Hall  and  held  evangelistic 
meetings  in  the  evening.  We  had  two  hundred  lanterns  with  the  cross  painted 
on  them.  The  workers  and  some  of  the  local  Christians  gathered  about  one 
hour  before  the  evening  meetings  and  we  put  our  candles  in  the  lanterns  and 
marched  through  the  town  singing  Christian  songs,  and  stopping  on  the  street 
corners  to  announce  the  meetings.  We  think  tliis  did  the  evangelists  present 
as  much  good  as  it  did  the  city.  They  will  not  he  asliamed  of  such  methods  in 
the  future. 

I hope  the  people  in  America  do  not  tliink  this  is  a Christian  nation.  If 
they  do  they  arc  deceived.  A Japanese  teacher  in  Tokyo  has  said  that  nine  out 
of  every  ten  young  men  who  go  there  to  school  fall.  That  shows  that  education 
is  not  sufficient,  and  they  are  Ijeginning  to  find  it  out.  That  is  why  the  Minister 
of  Education  has  for  the  first  time  called  on  the  religionists  to  help  them  in 
training  the  youth. — IF.  F.  Hereford. 


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Christmas  is  getting  to  be  a great  day  in  Japan.  People  all  over  the  country  know  about  it. 
Before  Christmas  the  Sunday-schools  grow  as  much  in  Japan  as  they  used  to  grow  in  America,  and 
doubtless  still  grow.  We  were  very  favorably  impressed  with  the  exercises  at  the  Dote  Cho  Sunday- 
school.  A number  of  the  children  told  Bible  stories  in  their  own  language.  One  boy  told  the  story 
of  Herod,  of  the  little  boys  who  died  instead  of  Jesus,  and  of  what  a welcome  the  Father  must  have 
given  them.  As  to  that  I had  always  thought  of  the  wickedness  of  Herod,  and  had  never  thought 
of  those  children  as  deserving  of  any  more  credit  for  their  death  than  any  other  child,  and  while 
not  exactly  accepting  his  view,  still  it  gave  me  something  to  think  of. 


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EDUCATIONAL  NOTES 


STATISTICS  ; — 

Kindergartens  12 

Primary  schools  3 

High  schools  7 

Colleges  2 

Pupils  under  instruction 2,134 


YAMAGUCHI 

This  year  our  girls’  school  did  not  join  in  the  ceremony  of  venerating  the 
soldiers.  The  students  of  the  higher  commercial  school  did  not  go  either  and 
several  private  girls’  schools  did  not  go,  but  out  school  was  singled  out  and 
criticised  for  not  going,  saying  it  was  lack  of  patriotism  due  to  the  Christian 
religion. 

At  a recent  conference  of  the  Minister  of  Education  with  the  Christian  lead- 
ers this  matter  of  taking  the  school  children  to  the  shrines  was  brought  to  his 
attention  and  we  hope  and  pray  that  some  favorable  action  will  be  taken. 

Among  normal  school  teachers  and  students  there  are  many  who  are 
studying  the  Word  of  God.  A little  Christian  girl  who  attends  the  primary  school 
connected  with  the  normal  said  recently:  “My  teacher  reads  from  the  Bible  every 
morning  and  explains  it  to  us.  He  does  not  say  that  it  is  the  Bible.”  But  the  child 
recognized  the  sacred  words. — Gertrude  S.  Bigelow. 

Most  of  the  temples  and  shrines  in  this  vicinity  have  greatly  improved  their 
surroundings  within  the  past  year.  New  walls  or  handsome  stone  railings  have 
been  put  up,  the  gardens  cleaned  and  made  very  attractive  and  new  images 
have  been  set  up.  The  grounds  of  some  of  the  country  shrines  have  become 
veritable  little  parks. 

One  tera  in  Yamaguchi  was  repaired,  fitted  with  electric  lights  and  in  the 
early  spring  had  a revival.  Priests  from  abroad  said  masses  and  preached  to 
large  congregations  afternoon  and  evening  for  eight  days,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  many  people  shaved  their  heads  and  took  vows.  Does  this  mean  that  the  old 
religions  have  really  grown  vigorous  here,  or  is  it  simply  another  patch  of  new 
cloth  on  the  old  garment? — Gertrude  S.  Bigelow. 

Thoughtful  Japanese  are  much  concerned  about  the  morals  of  the  rising 
generation  and  it  certainly  is  high  time  that  they  take  an  inventory  of  their  moral 
assets.  But  instead  of  beginning  the  w'ork  of  regeneration  by  purifying  the  home, 
they  advocate  greater  care  in  the  oversight  of  the  dormitories  of  the  normal 
schools. 

This  is  a perfectly  logical  deduction,  for  the  primary  school  teachers  come  from 
the  normal  schools  and  the  primary  school  teachers  are  persons  of  great  influence 


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in  the  land.  They  seem  to  have  more  authority  than  the  parents.  The  attendance 
at  our  Sunday-school  and  children’s  meetings  varies  according  to  the  attitude  of  the 
local  school  teachers. 

The  normal  schools  proper,  of  which  there  is  one  in  every  prefecture,  have 
only  male  students,  but  hundreds  of  them  who  receive  board,  tuition  and  uniform 
while  in  school  and  all  lodge  in  the  school  dormitories,  and  after  graduating  are 
under  obligation  to  teach  ten  years  in  the  public  schools.  A few  girls  take  a 
short  course,  but  it  is  not  thought  worth  while  to  give  them  the  full  course  as 
they  marry  early.  They  may  become  teachers  in  the  lower  primary  schools. 

There  are  two  female  normal  schools  of  high  grade.  Religion  is  avowedly  free 
in  Japan  and  ethics  only  are  taught  in  the  schools,  but  in  a certain  normal 
school  on  the  anniversary  of  the  death  of  Confucius  all  the  pupils  burned  incense 
before  his  statue.  On  the  local  fete  days  the  teachers  march  the  children  to  the 
official  shrine  to  worship  or  venerate. 

Life  is  often  very  hard  for  the  Christian  children.  They  attend  school  six 
days  in  the  week  and  on  Sunday  there  is  often  a special  examination,  or  field 
day,  or  alumni  meeting  or  exhibition,  and  if  they  do  not  participate  they  gain  an 
unpleasant  notoriety  besides  missing  some  of  the  most  interesting  events  of  the 
year.  What  might  be  passed  over  in  others  will  not  be  excused  in  them. 

WAKAYAMA 

Wakayama  is  so  intimately  associated  with  the  Hail  family  that  the  thought 
of  one  quickens  the  thought  of  the  other.  Dr.  J.  D.  Hail  is  widely  known  and 
dearly  beloved  by  the  people.  The  mere  announcement  that  Dr.  Hail  was  coming 
filled  the  kogisho  at  Takata  to  overflowing.  The  whole  district  under  Dr.  Hail’s 
charge  is  rich  in  possibilities  for  rural  dendo  and  a great  deal  can  be  done  within 
easy  travel  from  Wakayama  itself.  Some  of  the  rural  work  is  so  close  to  the 
city  that  one  can  walk  from  Wakayama  and  work  these  towns,  returning  by  night 
to  Wakayama.  This  work  is  sufficient  to  keep  Dr.  Hail  busy,  while  a younger 
missionary  ought  to  be  associated  with  him  to  climb  the  mountains  and  skirt  the 
coast  in  visiting  the  out-stations. 

Dr.  Hail  has  the  prize  Sunday-school.  Nowhere  in  creation  could  you  find  t 

a noisier  and  dirtier  crowd  than  he  has  gathered  together  at  Dejima.  Bedlam 
is  silence  compared  to  the  din  that  was  made  when  Dr.  Hail  arrived  on  the 
scene.  Yet  he  handled  that  crowd  so  skillfully  that  he  obtained  intelligent 
answers  to  every  question  put  to  the  class. — Outlook  Committee. 

A most  marvelous  work  has  been  done  in  the  government  leper  hospital 
on  an  island  near  Osaka.  Nowhere  did  I see  anything  which  shows  more  vividly 
the  wonderful  power  of  the  Gospel  to  transform  and  make  beautiful  than  there 
among  those  unfortunate  outcasts.  To  see  the  light  which  shone  from  those 
marred  faces  was  a most  compelling  witness  to  the  redeeming  power  of  God’s 
love.  In  this  great  work  a loving  woman’s  heart  plans  for  the  pleasure  of  the 
patients  and  her  hands  and  those  of  others  make  gifts  to  bring  sunshine  into  their 


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lives.  A young  woman  goes  among  them  and  sings  the  story  of  love  and  teaches 
the  children  that  “God  is  Outlook  Committee. 

HIROSHIMA 

As  to  these  hostels  for  young  men,  something  should  be  said.  For  years 
we  have  felt  that  the  only  way  to  reach  the  25,000  to  26,000  workmen  was  by 
hostels.  Other  methods  have  failed.  Boarding  houses  in  Kure  pander  to  the 
lowest.  They  are  unclean,  physically  and  morally.  We  have  wanted  to  give  an 
object  lesson,  at  least,  of  what  decent  homes  for  young  men  should  be.  The 
need  was  mentioned  in  the  Kure  Bulletin  and  two  gentlemen  of  Philadelphia 
have  responded,  offering  to  give  the  sums  required  above  their  regular  contri- 
butions to  foreign  missions.  Already  one  home  is  in  full  swing.  In  the  Fall, 
a second  hostel  will  be  started.  A fine  committee  advises  Mrs.  Brokaw,  for  it 
is  totally  her  work.  One  of  the  committee  is  the  governor  of  the  naval  peniten- 
tiary, one  of  the  principals  of  the  school  mentioned  above,  and  the  third  is  a 
technical  engineer  interested  in  young  men.  A Christian  wife  is  mistress  of  the 
home,  and  her  husband,  also  much  interested  in  young  men,  assists,  although 
not  yet  a Christian.  The  young  men  are  simply  delighted  with  the  cleanliness, 
the  good  food,  the  amusements,  the  papers,  books  and  magazines  and  the  home 
atmosphere.  Already  some  come  to  church.  We  call  this  home  Sekifukisha,  and 
our  home  as  the  shiten  (branch  house).  These  homes  are  to  become  self-sup- 
porting and  independent.  If  they  do  not,  they  can  be  dropped  at  any  time,  thus 
in  no  way  involving  the  mission  or  the  Board. — Harvey  Brokaw. 


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Kyoto:  300  miles  west  of  Tokyo  on  Lake  Biwako;  Station  occupied  1890.  Mission- 
aries— Rev.  R.  P.  Gorbold  and  Mrs.  Gorbold,  and  Miss  F.  E.  Porter. 

Yamaguchi  : about  650  miles  southwest  of  Tokyo;  occupied  1891.  Missionaries — 
Rev.  J.  B.  Ayres  and  Mrs.  Ayres,  Miss  Gertrude  Bigelow,  Miss  Lillian  A.  Wells,  Miss 
Florence  Bigelow,  Rev.  Carroll  Whitener. 

Dairen,  Manchuria  (formerly  Dalny)  : Missionary — Rev.  T.  C.  Winn,  D.D., 
and  Port  Arthur,  Manchuria  : occupied  1907.  Missionaries — Rev.  A.  V.  Bryan  and 
Mrs.  Bryan. 

Chosen:  Work  among  Japanese;  begun  in  1907.  Missionaries — Rev.  F.  S.  Curtis 
and  Mrs.  Curtis. 

Yamada:  on  island  of  Hondo  near  Gulf  of  Ise,  200  miles  southwest  of  Tokyo. 
Missionary — Miss  Jessie  Riker. 

Fukui:  Missionaries — The  Rev.  J.  E.  Detweiler  and  Mrs.  Detweiler. 

Wakayama  : on  the  east  coast  of  Inland  Sea,  270  miles  southwest  of  Tokyo. 

Missionaries — Rev.  J.  B.  Hail,  D.D.,  and  Mrs.  Hail  and  Miss  J.  L.  Leavitt. 

Tanabe:  out-post  of  Wakayama,  on  the  southern  coast  of  the  province,  70  miles 
from  Wakayama. 

Tsu:  on  the  west  coast  of  Gulf  of  Ise,  about  250  miles  southwest  of  Tokyo.  Mis- 
sionaries— Mrs.  John  E.  Hail,  Rev.  D.  A.  Murray  and  Mrs.  Murray. 

Matsuyama  : on  the  west  coast  of  the  island  of  Shikoku,  50  miles  southeast  of 

Hiroshima.  Missionaries — Rev.  J.  C.  Worley  and  Mrs.  Worley,  and  Miss  M.  B. 

Sherman. 


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The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 
156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 


March  1,  1914 


Form  No.  2118 


